Can anybody identify this plant and should I get rid of it?

[WhiteWineAndJaffaCakes]

There is a plant in my garden that's climbing all over 3 other (large) plants. It's not flowering but it has got dark purple pods all over it. I have no recollection of planting it but it doesn't look like a weed - but I'm thinking it might be strangling the other plants. Anybody know what it might be (I'll try and post a pic) and should I try and disentangle it to get rid of it?

[GrimmaTheNome]

If it has pods now, presumably it had flowers before - can you describe those, and the leaf shape?

[WhiteWineAndJaffaCakes]

here you go

[WhiteWineAndJaffaCakes]

Grimma - I don't remember seeing it before so not sure about the flowers. The leaves are in the pic - does that help at all?

[ShellingPeas]

It looks to me to be Eccremocarpus scaber - Mexican glory vine. If it had orangey tube shaped flowers before the pods then it probably is. It's a tender perennial climber, so will die down in the winter and may or may not come back next year depending on whether you have a sheltered site. It does grow from seed so perhaps there were some seeds in your soil?

this is the google image page so might help you identify it.

[WhiteWineAndJaffaCakes]

Could be that - and bits of it have died so presumeably I can wait until it's all dead and that will be easier to clear. I'll then keep my eyes open for it next year!

[ShellingPeas]

Yep, unless it's completely swamping your other plants it will die down in the winter. As it's not frost hardy it may not come back at all.